The Government of India through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has formed the Justice Srikrishna Committee of Experts (link to composition of the committee) to suggest a framework for data protection in India (concerns on composition). The expected outputs of this committee is a data protection bill that would then be taken to Parliament to be enacted into a lage (link). The committee released a white paper that runs into 233 pages and poses 231 questions (full pdf copy) inviting public comment. Previously a short six-page summary was prepared and released on the various issues listed in the paper given it’s length and scope, to encourage wide public & expert engagement (View the Google Doc or Download as a PDF).

Comments on the Srikrishna Committee

The Internet Freedom Foundation submitted comments to the Whitepaper which are available below. Our submission advocates for a user rights based data protection law which extends our fundamental right to privacy. Our submission draws and adopts a detailed submission by twenty academics and lawyers which was supported and signed on by some IFF trustees.